Snakes

• Date de parution : 08/10/1999
• Editeur : Thaifiction Publishing
• EAN : 9786117107078
• Série : (-)
• Support : Livre numérique

• Nombre de pages : 280
• Collection : THAI MODERN CLASSICS
• Genre : Littérature étrangère
• Thème : Littérature Asiatique
• Prix littéraire(s) : (-)

Monks, murder, money, miracles and mystifications.  Snakes galore and sleazy slitherings  intertwined with scandal, suicide and rape  in the central Thai village of Khoak Phranang  - the first of a celebrated quartet of novels [see The Medium, Khoak Phranang and Lord of the Land under the... Voir plus

Monks, murder, money, miracles and mystifications.  Snakes galore and sleazy slitherings  intertwined with scandal, suicide and rape  in the central Thai village of Khoak Phranang  - the first of a celebrated quartet of novels [see The Medium, Khoak Phranang and Lord of the Land under the ThaiFiction imprint].

Central to the story are Yeesun,  murderer, boxer, snake catcher and a good man  - and Abbot Nian (Father Smoothy),  who beheads Buddha statues, kills a monk  and beds another for the greater glory of his temple.

A tale told at breakneck speed  with bite and sardonic humour.  A daring novel written in 1984 denouncing the betrayal  of Buddhism in the age of rampant consumerism